Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 14: Difference between revisions

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* Born/died this day: | '''[[Lucia Visconti]]'''<!--Italian/English noblewoman--> |d|1424| '''[[Christiaan Huygens]]'''<!--Dutch physicist--> |b|1629| '''[[William Whitehead (poet)|William Whitehead]]'''<!--English--> |d|1785| '''[[Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey]]'''<!--American educator--> |b|1819| '''[[Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton]]'''<!--Australian biologist--> |b|1852| '''[[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom]]''' |b|1857| '''[[V. Gordon Childe|V.&nbsp;Gordon Childe]]'''<!--Australian archaeologist--> |b|1892| '''[[L. L. Zamenhof|{{Nowrap|L. L.}} Zamenhof]]'''<!--Polish inventor of Esperanto--> |d|1917| '''[[Rod Steiger]]'''<!--American actor--> |b|1925| '''[[Yakov Dzhugashvili]]'''<!--Georgian soldier, son of Stalin--> |d|1943| '''[[Berry Berenson]]'''<!--American photographer, female--> |b|1948| '''[[Junko Sakurada]]'''<!--Japanese singer/actress--> |b|1958| '''[[Rachel Carson]]'''<!--American environmentalist--> |d|1964| '''[[Lita (wrestler)|Lita]]'''<!--American--> |b|1975| '''[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]'''<!--American actress--> |b|1977

'''[[April 14]]''': '''[[Vaisakhi]]''' (Sikhism, 2022); '''[[Puthandu|Tamil New Year]]''' and [[South and Southeast Asian solar New Year|other New Year festivals]] in South and Southeast Asia]] (20222024); '''[[1978 Georgian demonstrations|Day of the Georgian Language]]''' ([[1978]])

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* [[43 BC|{{nowrap|43 &nbsp;BC}}]] – [[War of Mutina]]: Despite initial success, troops loyal to [[Mark Antony]] were '''[[Battle of Forum Gallorum|were defeated]]''' near the ''[[Via Aemilia]]'' in northern Italy by legions loyal to the [[Roman Senate]].

* [[1944]] – The freighter '''''[[SS Fort Stikine|SS ''Fort Stikine'']]''''', carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold and ammunition, '''[[1944 Bombay explosion|exploded]]''' in the harbour]]''' inof [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, sinking surrounding ships and killingcausing about 800 peopledeaths.

* [[1970]] – After an oxygen tank aboard '''[[Apollo 13|{{nowrap|Apollo &nbsp;13}}]]''' exploded<!-- ''(damage pictured)''-->, causingdisabling the [[NASA]] spacecraft's to lose most of its oxygenelectrical and electrical[[life-support powersystem]]s, astronaut [[Jack Swigert]] reported: "'''[[Houston, we have a problem|Houston, we've had a problem here]]'''" ''(soundaudio featured)''.

* [[1983]] – '''''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]''''', English musician [[David Bowie]]'s best-selling album, was released.

* [[1994]] – [[Iraqi no-fly zones conflict]]: In a [[friendly fire|friendly-fire]] incident during [[Operation Provide Comfort]] in northern Iraq, two [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] aircraft mistakenly '''[[1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident|mistakenly shot down]]''' two [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.

{{Born and died list| '''[[Anne Sullivan]]'''<!--American educator--> |b|1866| '''[[John Gielgud]]'''<!--English actor--> |b|1904| '''[[M.Yakov Visvesvaraya|M.&nbsp;VisvesvarayaDzhugashvili]]'''<!--IndianGeorgian soldier, son of engineerStalin--> |d|19621943}}